About | Juris Writer

We help lawyers get it write.

Writing, research, and trial assistance.

We are writing prose.

Juris Writer is a law firm focused on providing freelance legal ghostwriting services, strategic consultation, and trial assistance to attorneys and practices nationwide. You get high-level work from a talented legal writer and licensed Illinois attorney under flexible a working arrangement. Juris Writer complements your existing team and helps craft winning arguments for your clients.

We help attorneys represent their clients better.

We are not a competitor to law firms. We are a strategic partner. We provide legal writing, research, and trial assistance for lawyers nationwide.

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We offer flexible working relationships and fee structures.

Use us for a single brief or a whole case. We furnish high-level legal writing, research, and strategy on a project-by-project basis.

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We deliver signature-ready briefs, motions, and pleadings.

We produce top-quality writing, research, and trial assistance from a skilled legal writer.

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How we work

  • We meet to see if there’s a fit. We discuss the nature of the case, the scope of the proposed work, your needs, and our capabilities. Book now…

  • We quickly review relevant documents to get up to speed and provide a proposal.

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  • We can work on a single brief or work side-by-side with you on an important project or trial. We tailor our working relationship to the needs of our lawyer-clients to help you best serve your clients.

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HOW JURIS WRITER STARTED

Ever since his first appellate court brief helped turn a $0 recovery into a near half-million settlement by obtaining reversal of a jury verdict a products liability case, Patrick has proven time and again that effective writing can change the fate of a case. Inspired by that first appeal, Patrick has devoted his career to refining his writing skills to deliver arguments that get results for his clients.

Patrick has authored hundreds of briefs, ghostwritten hundreds more, and proofread countless others throughout his career. He has successfully handled cases involving automobile and large truck collisions, construction, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, nursing home, insurance bad faith, police procedure, and workers’ compensation, wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, and paralysis.

In 2023, Patrick formed Juris Writer a solo practice to focus on writing and researching complex issues to drive meaningful outcomes for other attorneys and their clients.

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MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

  • Illinois State Bar Association 

  • Chicago Bar Association

  • American Bar Association

  • Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association

  • Appellate Lawyers Association

  • American Association for Justice

  • Scribes – American Society for Legal Writers

  • Legal Writing Institute 

  • Super Lawyers Rising Star 2016-2019

  • Leading Lawyers Emerging Lawyer 2015-2019

  • "Excellent work. Motion should be denied in five minutes."

    Joseph Shannon, Chicago Accident & Injury Attorney

  • "It's nice having the Mike Trout of brief writing on your team."

    Patrick D. Cummings, Personal Injury Attorney

  • "It would take me two years to put something like this together. "

    Jack Cannon, Attorney & Former President of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association (WCLA)

  • "Masterful."

    Jonathan Svitak, Personal Injury Attorney

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ABOUT OUR FOUNDER

Patrick C. Anderson has nearly two decades of civil litigation experience as an attorney and in supporting roles, including dozens of jury trials and over $100 million in verdicts. His writing has pushed many cases to resolution, helping to achieve over $60 million in settlements.

Patrick has worked in every role from law clerk to lead attorney during his career. He has taken cases from initial investigation all the way through argument before the appellate court. His background, both as a lead attorney and in supporting roles, has exposed Patrick to the diverse styles and tactics of some of Chicagoland’s top trial attorneys, affording him a unique perspective on litigating and trying cases. Patrick’s extensive trial experience has honed his adaptability and resourcefulness, which allows him successfully navigate the uncertainties of litigation and manage the unpredictability of trial.

Patrick is a magna cum laude graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he graduated first in his class and won awards for academic excellence in Legal Writing, Advanced Writing for Civil Litigation, Illinois Litigation, and Advanced Civil Procedure. Patrick is licensed to practice law in Illinois (2011) and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Patrick has practiced in circuit courts throughout Illinois, in federal court, in the Illinois Appellate Court, and in the Illinois Supreme Court. 

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11+ years as a personal injury and trial attorney for:

  • Automobile and large truck collisions

  • Construction

  • Premises liability

  • Products liability

  • Medical malpractice

  • Nursing home

  • Insurance bad faith

  • Police procedure

  • Workers’ compensation

  • Catastrophic injury

  • Wrongful death

  • Traumatic brain injury